On 16 April 2012, the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the most feared law enforcement authority in the oil-rich country, reportedly had been asked to enforce the new orders to bar gays and tom-boys from its government schools and universities [R1.1].

On 08 July 2016, it was reported that Judge Abdulaziz Al-Shberma in the General Court in Makkah said that in determining the eligibility of transgender people to legally inherit depended upon whether male or female characteristics concealing the other, in which case the inheritance is according to the newly assigned sex but if the features are outwardly (the same) it does not result in any change in the legal inheritance entitlement, irrespective of whether the transformation process happened before the death of the testator or afterward [R1.1].

On 28 February 2017, two transgender Pakistanis, Meeno, 26, and Amna, 35, were reportedly arrested at a rest house in Riyadh for cross-dressing, allegedly being put into sacks by police at the jail and beaten with sticks until they died [R1.4].

On 02 May 2014, it was reported that a circular had been issued notifying that the Ministry of Health will determine which transgender patients are eligible for gender reassignment surgery (GRS) according to the recommendations of a specialized medical team after referral to both the health and justice ministers if there are family disputes over the matter [R1.3].

In April 2000, nine young Saudi men were each sentenced to more than 2,000 lashes and at least five years in prison police having found they were dressing in women's clothes and engaging in deviant sexual behavior with each other [R1.2].

In September 1998, five Pakistani transvestites were arrested by Saudi officials after a raid on a private home, risking being lashed and deported [R1.1].

On 08 July 2016, it was reported that Judge Abdulaziz Al-Shberma in the General Court in Makkah said that in determining the eligibility of transgender people to legally inherit depended upon whether male or female characteristics concealing the other, in which case the inheritance is according to the newly assigned sex but if the features are outwardly (the same) it does not result in any change in the legal inheritance entitlement, irrespective of whether the transformation process happened before the death of the testator or afterward [R2.1].

On 11 November 2014, a court in the port city Dammam in the Eastern Province was reported to have sentenced a homosexual man to three years in jail for engaging in "immoral acts" and ordered him to pay a SR100,000 fine [R2.10].

On 23 June 2014, on the information of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, the religious police, a court was reported to have sentenced a homosexual man to three years in prison and 450 lashes over 15 sessions for using his Twitter account to promote homosexual contacts [R2.9].

On 27 March 2013, the ministry of interior released a statement saying a religious court had executed and crucified Mohammed Rashad Khairi Hussein, a Yemeni national, alleged to have robbed, raped and killed a Pakistani male migrant worker [R2.8].

In November 2010, a court in Jeddah sentenced a 27-year-old gay man to five years jail and 500 lashes with the whip for indulging in homosexual activities and publishing obscene photos of himself online [R2.7].

In March 2010, a 27–year–old man in Jeddah, was sent to jail for a year, fined $1,330, and was reportedly to be lashed 1,000 times for appearing in a gay-themed video [R2.6].

In October 2007, two men were convicted of sodomy and sentenced to 7,000 lashes [R2.5].

In April 2005, a court in Saudi Arabia sentenced two Saudis, one Yemeni and a Jordanian to two years in jail and 2,000 lashes after a police raid on an alleged gay party [R2.4].

In December 2001, three Saudi men were beheaded for committing acts of sodomy and "seducing young men" [R2.3].

In July 2000, three Yemeni men found guilty of engaging in homosexual acts and molesting young boys were executed [R2.2].

In October 1996, twenty-four Filipinos were sentenced to receive 200 lashes each after being caught engaging in homosexual behaviour [R2.1].